<pre class="bz_comment_text" id="comment_text_0">Hi, I have a laptop in which there is a broadcom wireless card. lspci lists it. but in dmesg and modules file that's not listed or mentioned. Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.29.1-54.fc11.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Apr 7 05:26:42 EDT 2009 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux having the lspci output : 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub (rev 07) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset PCI Express Graphics Port (rev 07) 00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82567LM Gigabit Network Connection (rev 03) 00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03) 00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03) 00:1a.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 (rev 03) 00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03) 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03) 00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 03) 00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 03) 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03) 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03) 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03) 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 93) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation ICH9M-E LPC Interface Controller (rev 03) 00:1f.2 RAID bus controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 82801 SATA RAID Controller (rev 03) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Device 06eb (rev a1) 03:01.0 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev ba) 03:01.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 04) 03:01.2 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 21) 0c:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g (rev 01) /proc/modules file: nls_utf8 2016 1 - Live 0xffffffffa00bc000 fuse 57904 2 - Live 0xffffffffa0306000 sco 11780 2 - Live 0xffffffffa0301000 bridge 51168 0 - Live 0xffffffffa02f2000 stp 2644 1 bridge, Live 0xffffffffa0194000 llc 6128 2 bridge,stp, Live 0xffffffffa0105000 bnep 14288 2 - Live 0xffffffffa024a000 l2cap 22480 3 bnep, Live 0xffffffffa02ea000 bluetooth 52980 5 sco,bnep,l2cap, Live 0xffffffffa02db000 sunrpc 185448 1 - Live 0xffffffffa02ab000 ip6t_REJECT 4064 2 - Live 0xffffffffa021d000 nf_conntrack_ipv6 14632 2 - Live 0xffffffffa02a5000 ip6table_filter 3936 1 - Live 0xffffffffa01f4000 ip6_tables 18768 1 ip6table_filter, Live 0xffffffffa029e000 ipv6 290080 24 ip6t_REJECT,nf_conntrack_ipv6, Live 0xffffffffa0255000 cpufreq_ondemand 7696 2 - Live 0xffffffffa017a000 acpi_cpufreq 9648 0 - Live 0xffffffffa0250000 freq_table 4816 2 cpufreq_ondemand,acpi_cpufreq, Live 0xffffffffa00d1000 dm_multipath 16200 0 - Live 0xffffffffa0244000 uinput 8704 0 - Live 0xffffffffa023f000 snd_hda_codec_idt 63888 1 - Live 0xffffffffa022d000 snd_hda_intel 28696 5 - Live 0xffffffffa0220000 dell_laptop 4232 0 - Live 0xffffffffa0219000 rfkill 11028 1 dell_laptop, Live 0xffffffffa0211000 snd_hda_codec 65360 2 snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel, Live 0xffffffffa01ff000 dcdbas 8560 1 dell_laptop, Live 0xffffffffa01f7000 uvcvideo 57180 0 - Live 0xffffffffa01e4000 sdhci_pci 7984 0 - Live 0xffffffffa01dd000 firewire_ohci 22788 0 - Live 0xffffffffa01d5000 sdhci 16756 1 sdhci_pci, Live 0xffffffffa01ce000 mmc_core 50352 1 sdhci, Live 0xffffffffa01bf000 pcspkr 2848 0 - Live 0xffffffffa00e3000 firewire_core 44196 1 firewire_ohci, Live 0xffffffffa01b2000 snd_hwdep 8600 1 snd_hda_codec, Live 0xffffffffa01ad000 snd_seq_dummy 3188 0 - Live 0xffffffffa0044000 snd_seq_oss 32496 0 - Live 0xffffffffa01a3000 yenta_socket 25068 1 - Live 0xffffffffa0197000 snd_seq_midi_event 6992 1 snd_seq_oss, Live 0xffffffffa0190000 snd_seq 55584 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event, Live 0xffffffffa017d000 joydev 11584 0 - Live 0xffffffffa0175000 crc_itu_t 2000 1 firewire_core, Live 0xffffffffa0172000 rsrc_nonstatic 10096 1 yenta_socket, Live 0xffffffffa016d000 snd_seq_device 7300 3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq, Live 0xffffffffa00dc000 snd_pcm_oss 43712 0 - Live 0xffffffffa0160000 i2c_i801 10064 0 - Live 0xffffffffa015b000 videodev 38704 1 uvcvideo, Live 0xffffffffa014f000 snd_mixer_oss 15712 1 snd_pcm_oss, Live 0xffffffffa0149000 iTCO_wdt 13120 0 - Live 0xffffffffa0143000 iTCO_vendor_support 3476 1 iTCO_wdt, Live 0xffffffffa00c2000 snd_pcm 79352 4 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss, Live 0xffffffffa012d000 v4l1_compat 13076 2 uvcvideo,videodev, Live 0xffffffffa0127000 v4l2_compat_ioctl32 10480 1 videodev, Live 0xffffffffa0122000 snd_timer 22496 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm, Live 0xffffffffa011a000 snd 65096 21 snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer, Live 0xffffffffa0108000 e1000e 114704 0 - Live 0xffffffffa00e6000 wmi 7120 0 - Live 0xffffffffa00df000 video 21436 0 - Live 0xffffffffa00d4000 soundcore 7024 1 snd, Live 0xffffffffa00cd000 snd_page_alloc 9216 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm, Live 0xffffffffa00c5000 output 3184 1 video, Live 0xffffffffa00bf000 nouveau 468768 1 - Live 0xffffffffa0047000 drm 206012 2 nouveau, Live 0xffffffffa000f000 i2c_algo_bit 5972 1 nouveau, Live 0xffffffffa000b000 i2c_core 22240 4 i2c_i801,nouveau,drm,i2c_algo_bit, Live 0xffffffffa0000000 "dmesg | grep b43" returns nothing. and doing <a href="http://fedoramobile.org/fc-wireless/bcm43xx-yum-extras">http://fedoramobile.org/fc-wireless/bcm43xx-yum-extras</a> leads to no result. I also reported it here : <a href="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=495366">https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=495366</a> any idea? Best, Adrin.</pre>